Sample Programmes

Our Programmes

Whether you are looking for a light lunchtime concert or a full evening performance, we have what you need. We have a wide and flexible repertoire. We perform trios and duets in various combinations as well as concerts with a single performer.

One of the most popular works in our repertoire is the Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano, Op. 40 by Brahms. This piece is often requested for its exquisite music and unusual instrumentation. This work on its own makes a perfect oasis in the middle of the day when performed at a lunchtime concert. It also makes a brilliant end to an evening recital.

Our repertoire also includes Piano Trios, duets of various combinations and most unusually, trios for Horn, Violin and Cello. Though it is an extremely difficult work and is therefore not often performed by others, one of the pieces in our repertoire for this combination is the Divertimento à tre in E flat for Horn, Violin and Cello, Hob.IV:5 by Joseph Haydn.

We are also available for family concerts and educational/lecture concerts. Our educational programmes include those about music and its elements and about musical instruments. We also perform narrated programmes about other subjects such as 'Around the World'. Please contact us for further details and we are always happy to discuss your own requirements.

Our members are also available for Unaccompanied Bach performances and for concerto appearances.

The following are suggestions for concerts. Programmes may be tailored for an individual's or group's taste.

Sample programmes for an evening concert:

Programme I

Haydn: Divertimento a tré for Horn, Violin and Cello Hob. IV:5

OR Frederic Duvernoy: Trio in C Major for Violin, Horn and Piano, K. 148

Beethoven: Trio in C minor for Violin, Cello and Piano, Op.1, No.3

OR Mendelssohn: Trio in D Minor for Violin, Cello and Piano, No.1 Op.49

Brahms: Trio in E flat for Violin, Horn and Piano, Op.40

Programme II

Mozart: Trio in C Major for Violin, Cello and Piano, K.548

Beethoven: Trio in C Minor for Violin, Cello and Piano, Op.1, No.3

Brahms: Trio in E flat Major for Violin, Horn and Piano, Op.40

Programme III

Beethoven: Sonata for Piano and Cello in A Major, Op.69

Lennox Berkeley: Trio in F Major for Violin, Horn and Piano, Op.44

Brahms: Trio in E flat Major for Violin, Horn and Piano, Op.40

A sample programme for a light lunchtime concert:

Carl Stamitz: Trio in E flat for Horn, Violin and Cello

Joseph Haydn: Divertimento a tré in E-flat major for Horn, Violin and Cello, Hob. IV:5

Goldman Ensemble (arr.): A Tale in Four Parts (an especially arranged medley for various instrumental combinations on well-known classical music themes)

Michael Haydn: Divertimento in D major for Horn, Viola and Cello, Hob. IV:D3

Joseph Haydn: Duet in D major for Violin and Cello Hob. VI:D1

A sample programme of recital pieces. This is a light concert suitable for either evening or lunchtime concerts:

Paul Dukas: Villanelle for Horn and Piano (1906)

Franz Strauss: Nocturno, Op. 7 for Horn and Piano

Gabriel Fauré: Elégie, Op. 24 for Cello and Piano

Saint-Saëns: The Swan from Carnival of Animals for Cello and Piano

Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium und Allegro im Stile von Gaëtano Pugnani for Violin and Piano

Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid for Violin and Piano

Fritz Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin for Violin and Piano

Schumann: Adagio and Allegro for Horn and Piano, Op.70

Beethoven: Seven Variation on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen from Mozart’s Zauberflöte for Cello and Piano, WoO 46

Béla Bartók: Roumanian Folk Dances transcribed for Violin and Piano by Zoltán Székely